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Mapping Autonomy in Language Education

A Framework for Learner and Teacher Development

by Manuel Jiménez Raya (Author) Terry Lamb (Author) Flávia Vieira (Author)
©2017 Monographs 158 Pages

Summary

This book proposes a comprehensible, context-sensitive and flexible framework for the development of pedagogy for autonomy in language education. The «framework» metaphor highlights the effort to identify structuring elements in the authors’ stance towards pedagogy for autonomy, which fall into three domains -the context, the learner, and the teacher. In each domain, the authors raise ethical, conceptual and practical issues that are crucial to their perspective and offer a basis for reflection on learner and teacher development towards learner and teacher autonomy. The book proposes a common definition for learner and teacher autonomy within a vision of education as transformation and empowerment. Pedagogy for autonomy is operationalized through a set of ten general principles.

Table Of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the authors
  • About the book
  • This eBook can be cited
  • Table of contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Pedagogy for autonomy: underlying assumptions and general language teaching principles
  • 2.1 Pedagogy for autonomy: major assumptions
  • 2.2 Pedagogy for autonomy and general language teaching principles
  • 3. Mapping pedagogy for autonomy
  • 3.1 Putting the context on the map
  • 3.1.1 Understanding the setting
  • 3.1.2 Understanding the propelling and constraining forces
  • 3.1.3 Moving forward through the landscape
  • 3.2 Putting the learner on the map
  • 3.2.1 Learner autonomy: definition and assumptions
  • 3.2.2 Competences for learner autonomy in language learning
  • 3.3 Putting the teacher on the map
  • 3.3.1 Teacher autonomy towards learner autonomy
  • 3.3.2 Enabling pedagogy for autonomy
  • 4. Principles for the development of pedagogy for autonomy
  • 4.1 The need for a principled methodological framework
  • 4.2 Pedagogy for autonomy principles
  • 4.3 Beyond formulae: a situated view of pedagogy for autonomy
  • 5. Teacher education for autonomy – An experience-oriented approach
  • 5.1 Reflective teacher education for autonomy
  • 5.2 Case pedagogy for promoting learner and teacher autonomy
  • 5.2.1 Analysing cases of other teachers’ experience
  • 5.2.2 Developing and writing personal cases
  • 5.2.3 Writing teacher education cases from teachers’ experience
  • 6. Final remarks
  • 7. References
  • Series index

Manuel Jiménez Raya / Terry Lamb / Flávia Vieira

Mapping Autonomy in
Language Education

A Framework for Learner and Teacher Development

About the authors

Manuel Jiménez Raya is Full Professor in the English and German Department at the University of Granada (Spain), where he teaches applied linguistics courses. His research interests are pedagogy for autonomy, experiential learning, language teacher education, and case pedagogy. He has published numerous articles and co-authored several books on FLT methodology and teacher education.

Terry Lamb is Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Director of the Centre for Teaching Innovation at the University of Westminster. He has published extensively in the areas of learner autonomy, multilingualism and language teacher development, and is founder and editor of an academic journal.

Flávia Vieira is Full Professor at the Institute of Education at the University of Minho (Portugal), where she teaches courses in FLT didactics and pedagogical supervision. Her research interests are pedagogy for autonomy, language teacher education, case pedagogy, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education. She has published numerous articles and co-authored several books on FLT methodology and teacher education.

About the book

This book proposes a comprehensible, context-sensitive and flexible framework for the development of pedagogy for autonomy in language education. The ‘framework’ metaphor highlights the effort to identify structuring elements in the authors’ stance towards pedagogy for autonomy, which fall into three domains – the context, the learner, and the teacher. In each domain, the authors raise ethical, conceptual and practical issues that are crucial to their perspective and offer a basis for reflection on learner and teacher development towards learner and teacher autonomy. The book proposes a common definition for learner and teacher autonomy within a vision of education as transformation and empowerment. Pedagogy for autonomy is operationalized through a set of ten general principles.

This eBook can be cited

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Details

Pages
158
Publication Year
2017
ISBN (PDF)
9783631722206
ISBN (ePUB)
9783631722213
ISBN (MOBI)
9783631722220
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631673607
DOI
10.3726/b11095
Language
English
Publication date
2017 (June)
Keywords
Language teaching Learner-centredness Agency and independence Teacher education
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2017, 158 pp., 3 fig., 9 tables

Biographical notes

Manuel Jiménez Raya (Author) Terry Lamb (Author) Flávia Vieira (Author)

Manuel Jiménez Raya is Full Professor in the English and German Department at the University of Granada (Spain), where he teaches applied linguistics courses. His research interests are pedagogy for autonomy, experiential learning, language teacher education, and case pedagogy. He has published numerous articles and co-authored several books on FLT methodology and teacher education. Terry Lamb is Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Director of the Centre for Teaching Innovation at the University of Westminster. He has published extensively in the areas of learner autonomy, multilingualism and language teacher development, and is founder and editor of an academic journal. Flávia Vieira is Full Professor at the Institute of Education at the University of Minho (Portugal), where she teaches courses in FLT didactics and pedagogical supervision. Her research interests are pedagogy for autonomy, language teacher education, case pedagogy, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education. She has published numerous articles and co-authored several books on FLT methodology and teacher education.

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